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Ethiopian guards massacred scores of Tigrayan prisoners, witnesses say (Washington Post)

Post by sarcasm » 04 Dec 2022, 10:01

Ethiopian guards massacred scores of Tigrayan prisoners, witnesses say

The deadliest killings occurred at the Mirab Abaya prison camp, where current and retired Tigrayan soldiers were detained


NAIROBI — The scent of coffee and cigarettes hung in the hot afternoon air in a makeshift Ethiopian prison camp, prisoners said, as detained Tigrayan soldiers celebrated the holy day of Saint Michael in November 2021. Some joked with friends outside the corrugated iron buildings. Others quietly prayed to be reunited with families they had not seen in a year, when conflict erupted in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region.

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Then the killings began.

By sunset the next day, around 83 prisoners were dead and another score missing, according to six survivors. Some were shot by their guards, others hacked to death by villagers who taunted the soldiers about their Tigrayan ethnicity, prisoners said. Bodies were dumped in a mass grave by the prison gate, according to seven witnesses.

“They were stacked on top of each other like wood,” recounted one detainee who said he saw the aftermath of the slaughter.

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The massacre at the camp near Mirab Abaya, which was covered up and has not been previously reported, was the deadliest killing of imprisoned soldiers since the war started, but not the only one. Guards have killed imprisoned soldiers in at least seven other locations, according to witnesses, who were among more than two dozen people interviewed for this story. None of these incidents have been previously reported either.

The dead were all Tigrayans, members of an ethnic group that dominated the Ethiopian government and military for nearly three decades. That changed after Abiy Ahmed was appointed prime minister of Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most-populous nation, in 2018. Relations between Abiy and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) quickly nosedived. War broke out in 2020 after Tigrayan soldiers in the Ethiopian army and other Tigrayan forces seized military bases across the Tigray region.

Fearing further attacks, the government detained thousands of Tigrayan soldiers serving elsewhere in the country. They have been held in prison camps for nearly two years with no access to their families, phones or human rights monitors. Other Tigrayan soldiers were disarmed when war broke out but continued working in office jobs. Many of them were detained in November 2021 as Tigrayan forces advanced toward the capital, Addis Ababa.

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Most of the killings, including the massacre at Mirab Abaya, happened then. Prisoners speculated the attacks might have been triggered by fear or revenge. None of the soldiers killed had been combatants fighting against the Ethiopians and thus prisoners of war.

In some prisons, senior Ethiopian military officers either ordered the killings or were present when they occurred, prisoners said. Elsewhere, imprisoned soldiers said they continue to be guarded — and beaten — by those who killed their comrades.

Continue reading https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/20 ... prisoners/

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Re: Ethiopian guards massacred scores of Tigrayan prisoners, witnesses say (Washington Post)

Post by sarcasm » 04 Dec 2022, 21:40

sarcasm wrote:
04 Dec 2022, 10:01


In some prisons, senior Ethiopian military officers either ordered the killings or were present when they occurred, prisoners said. Elsewhere, imprisoned soldiers said they continue to be guarded — and beaten — by those who killed their comrades.

Accountability Now!

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Re: Ethiopian guards massacred scores of Tigrayan prisoners, witnesses say (Washington Post)

Post by sarcasm » 07 Dec 2022, 20:33

ብፁዕ አቡነ ማትያስ ቀዳማዊ ፓትርያርክ ርእሰ ሊቃነ ጳጳሳት ዘኢትዮጵያ በአርባ ምንጭ እስር ቤት እና ዐባያ ወንዝ አካባቢ የንጹሐን ግድያ የብዙዎችን ልብ የሚሰብር ቤተ ክርስቲያንንም የሚያሳዝን ነው ብለዋል።


https://www.reuters.com/investigates/sp ... prisoners/


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Re: Ethiopian guards massacred scores of Tigrayan prisoners, witnesses say (Washington Post)

Post by sun » 07 Dec 2022, 22:23

sarcasm wrote:
04 Dec 2022, 10:01
Ethiopian guards massacred scores of Tigrayan prisoners, witnesses say

The deadliest killings occurred at the Mirab Abaya prison camp, where current and retired Tigrayan soldiers were detained


NAIROBI — The scent of coffee and cigarettes hung in the hot afternoon air in a makeshift Ethiopian prison camp, prisoners said, as detained Tigrayan soldiers celebrated the holy day of Saint Michael in November 2021. Some joked with friends outside the corrugated iron buildings. Others quietly prayed to be reunited with families they had not seen in a year, when conflict erupted in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region.

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Then the killings began.

By sunset the next day, around 83 prisoners were dead and another score missing, according to six survivors. Some were shot by their guards, others hacked to death by villagers who taunted the soldiers about their Tigrayan ethnicity, prisoners said. Bodies were dumped in a mass grave by the prison gate, according to seven witnesses.

“They were stacked on top of each other like wood,” recounted one detainee who said he saw the aftermath of the slaughter.

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The massacre at the camp near Mirab Abaya, which was covered up and has not been previously reported, was the deadliest killing of imprisoned soldiers since the war started, but not the only one. Guards have killed imprisoned soldiers in at least seven other locations, according to witnesses, who were among more than two dozen people interviewed for this story. None of these incidents have been previously reported either.

The dead were all Tigrayans, members of an ethnic group that dominated the Ethiopian government and military for nearly three decades. That changed after Abiy Ahmed was appointed prime minister of Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most-populous nation, in 2018. Relations between Abiy and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) quickly nosedived. War broke out in 2020 after Tigrayan soldiers in the Ethiopian army and other Tigrayan forces seized military bases across the Tigray region.

Fearing further attacks, the government detained thousands of Tigrayan soldiers serving elsewhere in the country. They have been held in prison camps for nearly two years with no access to their families, phones or human rights monitors. Other Tigrayan soldiers were disarmed when war broke out but continued working in office jobs. Many of them were detained in November 2021 as Tigrayan forces advanced toward the capital, Addis Ababa.

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Most of the killings, including the massacre at Mirab Abaya, happened then. Prisoners speculated the attacks might have been triggered by fear or revenge. None of the soldiers killed had been combatants fighting against the Ethiopians and thus prisoners of war.

In some prisons, senior Ethiopian military officers either ordered the killings or were present when they occurred, prisoners said. Elsewhere, imprisoned soldiers said they continue to be guarded — and beaten — by those who killed their comrades.

Continue reading https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/20 ... prisoners/

Okay, let us all Ethiopians come together for the grieve "Merdo" and cry together for the next 100 years until we can't cry any more. 99.99 years are not acceptable! :mrgreen:

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Re: Ethiopian guards massacred scores of Tigrayan prisoners, witnesses say (Washington Post)

Post by Abe Abraham » 07 Dec 2022, 22:44

sarcasm wrote:
04 Dec 2022, 10:01
Ethiopian guards massacred scores of Tigrayan prisoners, witnesses say

The deadliest killings occurred at the Mirab Abaya prison camp, where current and retired Tigrayan soldiers were detained


NAIROBI — The scent of coffee and cigarettes hung in the hot afternoon air in a makeshift Ethiopian prison camp, prisoners said, as detained Tigrayan soldiers celebrated the holy day of Saint Michael in November 2021. Some joked with friends outside the corrugated iron buildings. Others quietly prayed to be reunited with families they had not seen in a year, when conflict erupted in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region.

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Then the killings began.

By sunset the next day, around 83 prisoners were dead and another score missing, according to six survivors. Some were shot by their guards, others hacked to death by villagers who taunted the soldiers about their Tigrayan ethnicity, prisoners said. Bodies were dumped in a mass grave by the prison gate, according to seven witnesses.

“They were stacked on top of each other like wood,” recounted one detainee who said he saw the aftermath of the slaughter.

Advertisement

The massacre at the camp near Mirab Abaya, which was covered up and has not been previously reported, was the deadliest killing of imprisoned soldiers since the war started, but not the only one. Guards have killed imprisoned soldiers in at least seven other locations, according to witnesses, who were among more than two dozen people interviewed for this story. None of these incidents have been previously reported either.

The dead were all Tigrayans, members of an ethnic group that dominated the Ethiopian government and military for nearly three decades. That changed after Abiy Ahmed was appointed prime minister of Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most-populous nation, in 2018. Relations between Abiy and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) quickly nosedived. War broke out in 2020 after Tigrayan soldiers in the Ethiopian army and other Tigrayan forces seized military bases across the Tigray region.

Fearing further attacks, the government detained thousands of Tigrayan soldiers serving elsewhere in the country. They have been held in prison camps for nearly two years with no access to their families, phones or human rights monitors. Other Tigrayan soldiers were disarmed when war broke out but continued working in office jobs. Many of them were detained in November 2021 as Tigrayan forces advanced toward the capital, Addis Ababa.

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Most of the killings, including the massacre at Mirab Abaya, happened then. Prisoners speculated the attacks might have been triggered by fear or revenge. None of the soldiers killed had been combatants fighting against the Ethiopians and thus prisoners of war.

In some prisons, senior Ethiopian military officers either ordered the killings or were present when they occurred, prisoners said. Elsewhere, imprisoned soldiers said they continue to be guarded — and beaten — by those who killed their comrades.

Continue reading https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/20 ... prisoners/
ante léba what about this part of the article :

  • Over the following days, tensions continued to mount with reports — later confirmed by rights activists — that Tigrayan fighters in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region were killing and raping as they advanced toward the capital ( of course the killing and raping was more than 83).


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Re: Ethiopian guards massacred scores of Tigrayan prisoners, witnesses say (Washington Post)

Post by Temt » 07 Dec 2022, 22:46

sarcasm wrote:
04 Dec 2022, 10:01
Ethiopian guards massacred scores of Tigrayan prisoners, witnesses say

The deadliest killings occurred at the Mirab Abaya prison camp, where current and retired Tigrayan soldiers were detained


NAIROBI — The scent of coffee and cigarettes hung in the hot afternoon air in a makeshift Ethiopian prison camp, prisoners said, as detained Tigrayan soldiers celebrated the holy day of Saint Michael in November 2021. Some joked with friends outside the corrugated iron buildings. Others quietly prayed to be reunited with families they had not seen in a year, when conflict erupted in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region.

Are you on Telegram? Subscribe to our channel for the latest updates on Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Then the killings began.

By sunset the next day, around 83 prisoners were dead and another score missing, according to six survivors. Some were shot by their guards, others hacked to death by villagers who taunted the soldiers about their Tigrayan ethnicity, prisoners said. Bodies were dumped in a mass grave by the prison gate, according to seven witnesses.

“They were stacked on top of each other like wood,” recounted one detainee who said he saw the aftermath of the slaughter.

Advertisement
The massacre at the camp near Mirab Abaya, which was covered up and has not been previously reported, was the deadliest killing of imprisoned soldiers since the war started, but not the only one. Guards have killed imprisoned soldiers in at least seven other locations, according to witnesses, who were among more than two dozen people interviewed for this story. None of these incidents have been previously reported either.

The dead were all Tigrayans, members of an ethnic group that dominated the Ethiopian government and military for nearly three decades. That changed after Abiy Ahmed was appointed prime minister of Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most-populous nation, in 2018. Relations between Abiy and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) quickly nosedived. War broke out in 2020 after Tigrayan soldiers in the Ethiopian army and other Tigrayan forces seized military bases across the Tigray region.

Fearing further attacks, the government detained thousands of Tigrayan soldiers serving elsewhere in the country. They have been held in prison camps for nearly two years with no access to their families, phones or human rights monitors. Other Tigrayan soldiers were disarmed when war broke out but continued working in office jobs. Many of them were detained in November 2021 as Tigrayan forces advanced toward the capital, Addis Ababa.

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Most of the killings, including the massacre at Mirab Abaya, happened then. Prisoners speculated the attacks might have been triggered by fear or revenge. None of the soldiers killed had been combatants fighting against the Ethiopians and thus prisoners of war.

In some prisons, senior Ethiopian military officers either ordered the killings or were present when they occurred, prisoners said. Elsewhere, imprisoned soldiers said they continue to be guarded — and beaten — by those who killed their comrades.

Continue reading https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/20 ... prisoners/
...And how much bribe have they been paid by the masters of Weyanes to echo what Weyanes have instructed them to say?

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Re: Ethiopian guards massacred scores of Tigrayan prisoners, witnesses say (Washington Post)

Post by sarcasm » 11 Dec 2022, 09:26

ብፁዕ ፓትሪያካችን አቡነ ማትያስ ዋሽንግተን ፖስት ስላጋለጠው በአርባምንጭ ምድረ አባያ በግፍ ስለተጨፈጨፉትን ተጋሩ እና በሌላ አካባቢዎች የሚደረጉ ግድያዎችን ካወገዙ በኅላ የEMS (ኤሪቲቪ አማርኛ)ው ጴጥሮስ ሲንጣጣ አመሸ።
"አመት ያለፈው ጭፍጨፋ ነው። ጉዳዩ በቃ በስምምነቱ ተዘግቷል" አለ ተልባው ጴጥሮስ።
ሲሳይ እንኳን ታዝቦት ግድያ አስር አመትም ቢያልፈው መወገዝ አለበት ብሎ አሳፈረው።
የታሰሩ ሰወች ላይ በጠባቂዎች እና በአካባቢው አርሶ አደር ትብብር የተደረገው ጭፍጨፋ ዝም ብሎ ተረስቶ የሚቀር የሚመስለው እንደሚኖር አይጠረጠርም። በቀል የእግዚአብሔር ነው ይላል መፅሐፍ። የአከባቢው ህዝብም ሆነ ሁላችን በቶሎ ንሰሃ እንግባ።
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